More than 53 million people stopped smoking and 22 million deaths were averted due to tobacco control measures in 88 countries between 2008 and 2014, say researchers at the Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Georgetown University Medical School researchers find preliminary evidence that telephone-based smoking cessation counseling for smokers provided shortly after they undergo lung cancer screening can be effective at helping them stop smoking.

Working with Joan Burggraf Riley, assistant dean for educational innovation at the School of Nursing & Health Studies, Christina Johnson (NHS’17) completes a community health needs assessment focused on mental health and youth in the District of Columbia.

Georgetown University Medical Center researchers find that in animal studies, a synthesized steroid mirroring one made by the dogfish shark prevents buildup of a lethal protein implicated in some neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's.